carvel, many of them

a branch of the (connecticut-based) soft-serve ice cream company is going in at the corner of preston & royal. since the first texas carvel opened in flower mound in 12/03, half a dozen have sprouted in southlake, plano, mckinney, hurst, coppell, denton, and carrollton. eventually there'll be 25 stores in texas, with dallas, frisco, and allen on the map. in 2004, carvel became part of a conglomerate called Focus Brands that includes Cinnabon and Seattle’s Best Coffee. it's better than cold stone which is not saying much